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Gloucestershire 317 v Northants 46-1
First wicket of the day at Cheltenham and it's gone to David Payne.
The 31-year-old, who made his England ODI debut against the Netherlands last month, traps Emilio Gay in front.
Gloucestershire 317 v Northants 40-0
Northants opener Emilio Gay has just stroked a lovely drive for four off Zak Chappell.
It has all been a rather sedate start in the genteel surroundings of Cheltenham College.
Warwickshire 250-9 v Surrey
Warwickshire prise a second batting bonus point, but then immediately lose a wicket.
Aussie Nathan McAndrew is undone for pace by West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach, who picks up his first wicket of the innings.
Last man in to join Liam Norwell is Oliver Hannon-Dalby.
OHD has worked on his batting considerably over the winter months and has got a lot of 'previous' this season for proving a very annoying, limpet-like last man. His crease occupation now amounts to well over seven hours, over the course of the summer.
Thompson c Dawson b Abbott 6
Hampshire have taken just 11 balls this morning to wrap up the Yorkshire innings.
Both to Kyle Abbott, who ends up with six wickets.
A season's best 6-36. And all the last six too, after Keith Barker got things started yesterday morning and then Mohammad Abbas took the next three.
Jordan Thompson is last man out.
Let's now see how Hampshire fare on this track?
Derbyshire 130, Worcestershire 147-5
Dan Wheeler
BBC Hereford & Worcester
There's no doubt you'd rather be in Worcestershire's position after a hectic first day at New Road, but the late losses of Jack Haynes and Kashif Ali definitely took the edge off.
Their dismissals - both to wide ones they might have left alone - meant the Pears went from 120-3, only 10 behind, to 141-5, 11 ahead when play ended early. While Derbyshire will clearly not be cock-a-hoop, they know the situation could look a lot worse.
It still might get worse, despite the pitch unlikely to surrender its assistance to the bowlers.
Ed Barnard is still there and, with more than 700 runs and three tons in his last summer at the club before moving to Warwickshire, he has the chance to secure a match-winning lead.
Lancashire 112-6 v Kent
Should have been a third wicket of the morning at Old Trafford!
Navdeep Saini gets one to bounce on stand-in Lancashire captain Steven Croft and he can only edge behind, but Jordan Cox cannot cling on.
That's where Kent captain Sam Billings - out with Covid - would have made no mistake.
Lancashire 112-6 v Kent
What we were saying about Kent sniffing blood?!
More terrific bowling from Matt Henry as the New Zealand quick gets the ball in the perfect spot, on or around off and George Lavelle's edge flies straight into the hands of Zak Crawley at first slip.
Henry had four balls to complete of his over from overnight and it has gone - Dot-Wicket-Dot-Wicket.
Fantastic!
Yorkshire 158-9 v Hampshire
Early wicket for Hampshire at Scarborough.
Kyle Abbott strikes with his third ball of the morning as he has Yorkshire skipper Steve Patterson caught behind.
Lancashire 112-5 v Kent
No messing about here!!
Matt Henry's second ball of the morning is right on the money and Washington Sundar is cleaned up as he offers no stroke.
With overcast skies here at Old Trafford, Kent may fancy their chances of sweeping through the Lancashire batting.
Lancashire 112-4 v Kent
Image source, BBC SportWhile the rest of the Lancashire and Kent players have been doing their morning warm-ups, the sight of one player away from those caught the eye.
Jimmy Anderson, he of the England record 657 Test wickets, has been going through plenty of bowling on the Old Trafford square as he steps up preparations for the South Africa series.
Anderson was bowling to former England bowler Graeme Onions, who is now a member of Lancashire's coaching set-up.
Anderson last played in the India Test at Edgbaston which finished on 5 July.
The first Test against the Proteas starts at Lord's on 17 August.
Radio Five's Kevin Howells is based this week for the Yorkshire-Hampshire game at Scarborough, to co-ordinate our accompanying BBC radio coverage.
Image source, Kevin Howells - BBC SportAs well as that game, you can tune into live ball-by-ball BBC local radio commentary from all the other seven matches - at Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Old Trafford, The Oval, The Riverside, New Road and at Trent Bridge, where Notts v Sussex starts today.
Just click on the audio links at the top of this page.
After rain in the majority of games yesterday, the forecast looks brighter for today, although still carrying a hint of menace.
Image source, Rex FeaturesThe official wording from the BBC Weather page highlights "a mixture of sunny spells, patchy cloud and scattered showers for most, but drier in the south-west.
"Staying cloudier for central and eastern England, however.
"A calmer day."
Could swing then?
Lancashire 112-4 v Kent (11.00BST)
News this morning from the Kent camp at Old Trafford, where captain Sam Billings has tested positive for Covid.
Billings, who took a county record 12 dismissals against Warwickshire last week, will be replaced as skipper by Jack Leaning.
Image source, Rex FeaturesOllie Robinson is travelling up to take over as wicketkeeper as a Covid replacement while Jordan Cox will have the gloves if needed before then.
Billings played for England in the third Test against New Zealand last month after first-choice keeper Ben Foakes contracted Covid.
DIVISION ONE
Chelmsford: Essex 281-3 (96 overs) v Somerset
Cheltenham: Gloucestershire 317, Northamptonshire 30-0
Old Trafford: Lancashire 112-4 (34.2 overs) v Kent
The Oval: Warwickshire 240-8 (95.5 overs) v Surrey
Scarborough: Yorkshire 158-8 (54.2 overs) v Hampshire
DIVISION TWO
Riverside: Durham 132-0 (44.5 overs) v Middlesex
New Road: Derbyshire 130, Worcestershire 141-5
Trent Bridge: Notts v Sussex (starts today)
Image source, Rex FeaturesGood morning - and welcome back for another seven or eight hours of cricketing fun for all of us thankfully still many County Championship lovers.
What a day Monday was for the purists. More old-school red ball than Bazball, that's for sure, at Chelmsford, where Essex opener Nick Browne batted all day to graft the day's only century - and they finished on time!!!
There was a good, competitive full day's play at Cheltenham and, although there were only half-measures at another of England's favourite out-grounds, rain-hit Scarborough, what the spectators saw was gripping. Six early wickets for Hampshire, followed by a Dom Bess/Will Fraine-inspired fightback, both of whom were removed by Kyle Abbott before the weather intervened again.
Least entertaining were Warwickshire at The Oval, where Surrey old boy Dom Sibley top scored on one of his last games for the Bears prior to his end of season return to Kennington.
But at least the injury-hit, weakened reigning champions showed commendable grit to bat all day for 240-8 - an excellent show of spirit in the wake of their two recent embarrassments at Edgbaston, their T20 Blast quarter-final capitulation at home to Hampshire, then Friday's flop against Kent .
Worst-hit weather-wise yesterday were Lancashire and Kent, who managed to get in less than three hours at Old Trafford - and, in Division Two, they also lost over half a day at the Riverside in the Durham-Middlesex game.
But 15 wickets tumbled at green-tinged New Road in the furthest advanced game between Worcestershire and Derbyshire - and they are also due to get going today at Trent Bridge, where Div 2 leaders Nottinghamshire host Sussex.